Kenny Marchant on the Issues
Kenny Marchant has never passed a bill he authored in 2 Congressional Terms.
Statistics: Kenny Marchant has sponsored 8 bills since Jan 4, 2005, of which 7 haven't made it out of committee and 0 were successfully enacted. These numbers do not include resolutions. In addition, the count of enacted bills considers only bills actually sponsored by Marchant and companion bills identified that were themselves enacted, but not if they were incorporated into other bills, as that information is not readily available.
Kenny Marchant missed 209 (7%) of 3081 votes since Jan 4, 2005.
Kenny Marchant on Abortion
Voted NO on expanding research to more embryonic stem cell lines. (Jan 2007)
Voted NO on allowing human embryonic stem cell research. (May 2005)
Kenny Marchant on Budget & Economy
Voted NO on defining "energy emergency" on federal gas prices. (Jun 2008)
Voted NO on revitalizing severely distressed public housing. (Jan 2008)
Voted NO on regulating the subprime mortgage industry. (Nov 2007)
Kenny Marchant on Civil Rights
Voted NO on prohibiting job discrimination based on sexual orientation. (Nov 2007)
Voted YES on making the PATRIOT Act permanent. (Dec 2005)
Rated 0% by the HRC, indicating an anti-gay-rights stance. (Dec 2006)
Rated 22% by the NAACP, indicating an anti-affirmative-action stance. (Dec 2006)
Kenny Marchant on Corporations
Voted NO on allowing stockholder voting on executive compensation. (Apr 2007)
Kenny Marchant on Crime
Voted NO on expanding services for offendors' re-entry into society. (Nov 2007)
Kenny Marchant on Education
Voted NO on additional $10.2B for federal education & HHS projects. (Nov 2007
Voted NO on allowing Courts to decide on "God" in Pledge of Allegiance. (Jul 2006)
Voted NO on $84 million in grants for Black and Hispanic colleges. (Mar 2006)
Kenny Marchant on Energy & Oil
Voted NO on tax incentives for energy production and conservation. (May 2008)
Voted NO on tax incentives for renewable energy. (Feb 2008)
Voted NO on investing in homegrown biofuel. (Aug 2007)
Voted NO on criminalizing oil cartels like OPEC. (May 2007)
Voted NO on removing oil & gas exploration subsidies. (Jan 2007)
Voted NO on keeping moratorium on drilling for oil offshore. (Jun 2006)
Voted YES on scheduling permitting for new oil refinieries. (Jun 2006)
Voted YES on authorizing construction of new oil refineries. (Oct 2005)
Rated 0% by the CAF, indicating opposition to energy independence. (Dec 2006)
Kenny Marchant on Environment
Voted NO on $9.7B for Amtrak improvements and operation thru 2013. (Jun 2008)
Voted NO on increasing AMTRAK funding by adding $214M to $900M. (Jun 2006)
Voted NO on barring website promoting Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump. (May 2006)
Voted YES on deauthorizing "critical habitat" for endangered species. (Sep 2005)
Kenny Marchant on Foreign Policy
Voted NO on deterring foreign arms transfers to China. (Jul 2005)
Voted YES on reforming the UN by restricting US funding. (Jun 2005)
Kenny Marchant on Free Trade
Voted YES on promoting free trade with Peru. (Nov 2007)
Voted NO on assisting workers who lose jobs due to globalization. (Oct 2007)
Voted YES on implementing CAFTA, Central America Free Trade. (Jul 2005)
Block NAFTA Superhighway & North American Union. (Jan 2007)
Kenny Marchant on Government Reform
Voted NO on granting Washington DC an Electoral vote & vote in Congress. (Apr 2007)
Voted NO on protecting whistleblowers from employer recrimination. (Mar 2007)
Voted YES on requiring photo ID for voting in federal elections. (Sep 2006)
Voted YES on restricting independent grassroots political committees. (Apr 2006)
Voted YES on prohibiting lawsuits about obesity against food providers. (Oct 2005)
Voted YES on limiting attorney's fees in class action lawsuits. (Feb 2005)
Kenny Marchant on Health Care
Voted NO on giving mental health full equity with physical health. (Mar 2008)
Voted NO on Veto override: Extend SCHIP to cover 6M more kids. (Jan 2008)
Voted NO on adding 2 to 4 million children to SCHIP eligibility. (Oct 2007)
Voted NO on requiring negotiated Rx prices for Medicare part D. (Jan 2007)
Voted YES on denying non-emergency treatment for lack of Medicare co-pay. (Feb 2006)
Kenny Marchant on Homeland Security
Voted NO on requiring FISA warrants for wiretaps in US, but not abroad. (Mar 2008)
Voted NO on Veto override: Congressional oversight of CIA interrogations. (Mar 2008)
Voted YES on removing need for FISA warrant for wiretapping abroad. (Aug 2007)
Voted NO on restricting no-bid defense contracts. (Mar 2007)
Voted YES on allowing electronic surveillance without a warrant. (Sep 2006)
Voted YES on continuing intelligence gathering without civil oversight. (Apr 2006)
Voted YES on federalizing rules for driver licenses to hinder terrorists. (Feb 2005)
Voted YES on continuing military recruitment on college campuses. (Feb 2005)
Appoint chiropractors as commissioned officers. (Apr 2008)
Kenny Marchant on Immigration
Voted YES on building a fence along the Mexican border. (Sep 2006)
Kenny Marchant on Jobs
Voted NO on overriding presidential veto of Farm Bill. (Jun 2008)
Voted NO on restricting employer interference in union organizing. (Mar 2007)
Kenny Marchant on Principles & Values
Rated 0% by the AU, indicating opposition to church-state separation. (Dec 2006)
Kenny Marchant on Tax Reform
Make Bush's tax cuts permanent. (Nov 2004)
Voted NO on extending AMT exemptions to avoid hitting middle-income. (Jun 2008)
Voted NO on paying for AMT relief by closing offshore business loopholes. (Dec 2007)
Voted YES on retaining reduced taxes on capital gains & dividends. (Dec 2005)
Rated 0% by the CTJ, indicating opposition to progressive taxation. (Dec 2006)
Kenny Marchant on War & Peace
Voted NO on investigating Bush impeachment for lying about Iraq. (Jun 2008)
Voted NO on redeploying US troops out of Iraq starting in 90 days. (May 2007)
Voted YES on declaring Iraq part of War on Terror with no exit date. (Jun 2006)
Kenny Marchant on Welfare & Poverty
Voted NO on providing $70 million for Section 8 Housing vouchers. (Jun 2006)
http://www.ontheissues.org/AVA/House/Kenny_Marchant.htm
Kenny Marchant sits on the following committees:
Member, House Committee on Education and Labor
Member, Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions
Member, Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities
Member, House Committee on Financial Services
Member, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises
Member, Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology
Member, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia
Member, Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs
Kenny Marchant has never passed a bill he authored in 2 Congressional Terms
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